The London Mathematical Society

The London Mathematical Society is the major UK learned society for mathematics. The Society's activities include publishing journals and books, providing grants to support mathematics and organising scientific meetings and lectures.

News, Features and Events

The slates for the 2019 LMS elections to Council and Nominating Committee are now available. More information, including the candidates' biographies, details of the Members' forum to discuss the elections and a timetable for the Society's...

The MARM programme supports mentoring relationships between mathematicians in the UK and continental Europe and African colleagues in Africa, together with their students. A new round of grants has now opened and expressions of interest are...

The introduction of new GCSE and A-level Mathematics qualifications has not been easy. Students receiving their A-level results today have been the test subjects for both. The LMS warmly congratulates students and their teachers for their...

Following the consultation with the membership, further discussion by Council, and legal advice, the latest version of the revised Standing Orders received preliminary approval from the Privy Council. The document, which can be found here, was...

We are delighted to announce that Ken Brown, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow, has been awarded the 2019 David Crighton medal by the Councils of the LMS and the IMA for his seminal contributions to noncommutative algebra and...

The 2019 LMS/BCS-FACS Evening Seminar will be held on Thursday 21st November at 6pm, at De Morgan House. The speaker will be Professor Marta Kwiatkowska (University of Oxford), who will give a talk titled 'When to Trust a Self-Driving Car...'....

Frames Of Mind

The film features nine UK-based mathematicians offering insights into their mathematical thinking across a broad range of mathematical research fields.
Through explorations of their various thought processes, the film portrays mathematicians who are grappling with advanced mathematical ideas. We are presented with the concepts of imagination, intuition, and wonder, as well as rigorous mathematical deduction.
Please note that you are not necessarily expected to follow the mathematics being discussed: these extracts are about the mathematicians themselves, and the way they think.